But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called sanity in the places where I have lived.

Philip Ó Ceallaigh

About Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Philip Ó Ceallaigh (Irish: [oː ˈcal̪ˠəj]; born 23 March 1968) is an Irish short story writer and translator who lives in Bucharest.

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